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 Author: BrickBen View Messages Posted By BrickBen
 Posted: Jan 4, 2022 04:22
 Subject: Improve and simplify shopping experience
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 Topic: Suggestions
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BrickBen (211)

Location:  USA, California
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Nov 11, 2020 Contact Member Seller
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Store: BENs Rare and Collectibles
Current issues: The "Buy All" wizard is not always optimal, so when I am looking
to add parts or minifigures, I want to use the same vendors, especially since
it's ordered by price. I have to have several tabs open to see with what
vendors I have open baskets in my cart and then browse through their oftentimes
massive stores to see if they have other items on my wishlist.

Suggestion: In a view in which vendors are compared (e.g., if I click on a set,
part or minifigure), add 2 icons for whether the vendor is in my basket already
and how many parts/minifigures this vendor is selling that are in my basket.
 Author: SnoopyCh View Messages Posted By SnoopyCh
 Posted: Feb 16, 2022 16:40
 Subject: Re: Improve and simplify shopping experience
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 Topic: Suggestions
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SnoopyCh (12)

Location:  Germany, Baden-Württemberg
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Jan 25, 2022 Contact Member Buyer
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In Suggestions, BrickBen writes:
  Current issues: The "Buy All" wizard is not always optimal, so when I am looking
to add parts or minifigures, I want to use the same vendors, especially since
it's ordered by price. I have to have several tabs open to see with what
vendors I have open baskets in my cart and then browse through their oftentimes
massive stores to see if they have other items on my wishlist.

Suggestion: In a view in which vendors are compared (e.g., if I click on a set,
part or minifigure), add 2 icons for whether the vendor is in my basket already
and how many parts/minifigures this vendor is selling that are in my basket.



In my case I know that I want to buy from 3 specific vendors that have togather
all what I need, but I would like to buy the cheapest or the new/used or the
bulk of the best one for each item. I would like to compare each options for
each item between those vendors and get an automatic select of the cheapest that
I could also adjust. It is important to see the price per lot and the total number
of lots to do manual adjustments.
This step could also come after an auto select or manual select.
 Author: WUIt View Messages Posted By WUIt
 Posted: Feb 17, 2022 12:46
 Subject: Re: Improve and simplify shopping experience
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 Topic: Suggestions
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Location:  Finland, Uusimaa
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In Suggestions, SnoopyCh writes:

  In my case I know that I want to buy from 3 specific vendors that have together
all what I need, but I would like to buy the cheapest or the new/used or the
bulk of the best one for each item. I would like to compare each options for
each item between those vendors and get an automatic select of the cheapest that
I could also adjust. It is important to see the price per lot and the total number
of lots to do manual adjustments.

I have the same need, but have found that nothing short of copying all prices
to Excel and adding costs for handling and shipment will get the job done. If
you have selected a relatively small number of stores and placed your most important
items in a wishlist without specifying the condition, then you can navigate to
each store in a separate window and press the wishlist filter option. By arranging
the lots in each store into the same order, you will be able to compare the prices
of used and new items across all selected stores (windows will need to be arranged
side by side). Any items already in their carts will be shown on that list. However,
you will manually have to update the carts separately on every page in each store.
Make sure you are comparing the prices for the same item in each store. Take
special care to select the desired total amount of each item in each store so
that you do not end up with unwanted duplicates or omissions by mistake.